Echoing What’s Important To You

I remember graduating from college and wondering…where do I go from here? How do I start looking for a job? Especially, how do i get into the big, bad glamorous world of advertising as a copywriter?

I’ve always had this thing for copywriting. But having graduated from a design college, I never got much chance to explore in that area.

I looked in the newspapers for jobs available. I went for interviews, with my hopes all up. But all the places I wanted to do copywriting at all said I was too inexperienced for the job. The design jobs on the other hand, invited me to join them with open arms. I couldn’t blame them as I know I have no experience in copywriting.

I couldn’t get into big international agencies either (as a copywriter or designer) with the lack of experience.

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It did, for me.

I can still remember how it was when I first finished my studies. Starting off as a fresh graduate wasn’t easy for me. It was difficult to find a job as every hiring company seems to be looking for someone with working experience.

Honestly, it was really tough.

Coming from a middle class family, I felt that I could not burden my parents any longer. I had to find a job to stop depending on my family for financial support. What puts me in more and more pressure are my siblings who keep on asking me when I will ever find myself a job.

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